Birds to See in Greece in August
200 bird species on our list for Greece are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow and Yellow-legged Gull. New this month: Willow Warbler, Whinchat, Eurasian Teal and Northern Shoveler and 17 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Greece’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 200 birds in August
200 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.16% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.67% in Aug
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.34% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.24% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.21% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.13% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.08% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.00% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.92% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.81% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.60% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Aug
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.49% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Aug
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiSummer visitorUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Aug
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentRare98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made